Editing Official script (section)

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[[File:"a" in official Indian-language scripts (serif).svg|thumb|250px|The letters of the [[Indic scripts|Indic]] [[official scripts of the Indian Republic]] used by the [[official languages of India]] – <br /> {{small|(top row: [[Tamil script|Tamil]], [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]], [[Odia script|Odia]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Meitei script|Meitei]]
<br /> bottom row:[[Bengali–Assamese script|Bengali/Assamese]], [[Telugu–Kannada alphabet|Kannada/Telugu]], [[Ol Chiki]], [[Devanagari]], [[Gurmukhi]]), [[Urdu alphabet]]}}
<br /> These are the examples of the official scripts.]]
An '''official script''' is a [[writing system]] that is specifically designated to be official in the [[constitution]]s or other applicable [[law]]s of [[jurisdiction (area)|countries, states, and other jurisdictions]]. Akin to an [[official language]], an official script is much rarer. It is used primarily where an official language is in practice written with two or more scripts. As, in these languages, use of script often has [[culture|cultural]] or [[politics|political]] connotations, proclamation of an official script is sometimes criticized as having a goal of influencing culture or politics or both. Desired effects also may include easing [[education]], [[communication]] and some other aspects of life.